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S. H. RAYMOND.

Patented Oct. 24, 1882.

Unire STATES- AtrnNr Fernie..

SILAS H. RAYMOND, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES H. SOUTHWICK, OF SAME PLACE.

MACHINE FOR UPSETTING TIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 266,313, dated October 24, 1882. Application filed January 17, 1880.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SiLAs H. RAYMOND, of the city of Grand Rapids, in the countyot' Kent and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful 'Iire-Upsetting Machine, (for which I have never obtained a patent in this or any other country,) ot' which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in to tire-upsetting` machines in which the tire is held by eceentrics; and -the object of my invention is to provide a machine with two eccentrios so arranged as to hold the tire without the aid ot' levers or springs, the eccentrics t5 moving;` atright angles with the tire. I atta-in this object bythe mechanism illustrated iu the accompanying` drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view ot' the niachine complete, with atire in position to be zo upset; and Fig'. 2 is one ot' the eccentrics detached from the machine, showing the form of the lower part ot' the eccentrics, which forni, however, may be varied.

Similar letters referto similar parts throughz5 out the several views.

The machine is composed of the bed-piece B, two upright posts, C O, and two eccentrics, D D. The bed-piece B and posts C C may be oastinonepiece,asshowninthedrawings. The

eccentrics are each attached by a bolt, on 3o which they turn, to the upper end of the posts C O, and have a motion at right angles with the tire and bed-piece I3. Attached to or integral with each eccentric is a lug,E, as shown. When a tire is being placed in position on thebed ot' the machine the eccentrics D I) are turned back, so that their lugs E will rest. upon or against the backs ot' the posts C C, thus leaving the bed free and permitting the tire to be readily adjusted.

The operation ot' my invention is as follows: The tire is bent and placed on the bed-piece B and the eccentrics brought down upon the tire and tightened by a stroke ot" the hammer. The tire is then hammered down to the bed-piece, and is thus straightened.

I claim- The eccentrics D I), provided with the lugs or rests E E, in combination with the posts O C and bed-piece B, so constructed and arranged that the movement ot` the ecoentrics is at right angles with the bed-piece and tire, substantially as described.

' CHARLES CHANDLER,

CHARLasSHUsTER. 

